Pin-point protector



J. C. GORDON.

PIN POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1921.

Patenwd y 9, 1922.

ATTORNEY WITN E55:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES C. GORDON, OF CALGARY. ALBERTA, CANADA.

PIN-POINT PROTECTOR.

Application filed September 6, 1921.

To all whom. it may concern:

. Be it known that I, AMES C. GORDON, a citizen of Dominion of Canada, residing at Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, and l')ominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pin-Point Protectors, of which the following is a. specification.

My present invention has reference to in proveuients in hat pins.

My primary object to provide a hat p in with a protector :for the point thereof which will not only efi'ectively hold the pin 011 the hat but will prevent injury being inflicted by the projecting point of the pin.

A further object is to produce a hat pm which has flexibly supported thereon a protector member in which the pointed end of the pin is to be received, said member being in the nature of a guard socket and having associated therewith a spring influenced latch capable of permitting the pin passing therethrough and entering the socket, when the :latch is arranged in one position, and effectively holding the pin in the guard socket when the latch is arranged in another pos tion, the spring means integral or 'QSSOCI- ated with the latch holding the same in both of its said positions.

The drawings which accompany and form part of this specification illustrate a SZLtlS' factory embodiment of the improvement re duced to practice, and in which Figure 1 is a prospective view of the in1- provement.

Figure 2 is a greatly enlarged :LPPI'OXI- Inately central longitudinal sectional. view through the protector or guard socket, showing the pin point locked therein, the latter being in elevation.

Figure 3 is an. enlarged. sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2, the pin point he ing removed.

Figure t is a perspective view of the latch.

The pin 1 is preferably provided withan ornamental head 2 to which is attached a flexible element preferably in the nature of an ornamental chain 3 that supports, at its free end the protector for the pointof the pin which is in the nature of a guard socket and which is broadly indicated by the numeral 4:. The pin, inward of its pointed end 5 is provided with a reduced or restricted portion in the nature of an annular depression 6.

The protector is in the nature of a hollow Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1922.

Serial No. 498,782.

or socket member and preferably highly ornamented. The protector includes head 8 from which extends a reduced neck, and through the mouth oi. this neck the pin is in sorted. The neck, at its month end is fornr ed with a flange 7 which is preferably round in plan and which has its outer face coir caved to the central opening therethrough. The headed end 8 of the protector spaced. away from the flanged mouth 7 a distance slightly greater than the distance between the depression 6 and the extremity of the pin point, the body of the protector being provided with an. opening disposed directly to the rear of the mouth thereof, and slidable through this opening is the latch 9. The latch is formed of a piece of spring metal and is provided with a key hole slot 10 and at one of its ends with an inwardly rounded portion that terminates in an inwardly directed lip 11. Normally the end of the lip 10 rests on the periphery of the flange 7, as disclosed in Figures 1 and 9. of the drawings. When in such position the restricted passage of the keyhole slot 10 is in register with the bore of the protector, and the opposed walls provided by the said slot are received in the annular depression 6 of the pin 1. The spring lip, contacting the periphery of the flange cannot be accidentally brought away from such engagement, and to release the pm from the proctctor it is necessary that an outward pull be exerted against the lip so that the end thereof may be received in the flared outer face of the flange 7. This permits of the latch being readily guided through the slot or opening in the protector, to bring the enlarged passage of the key-hole slot in register with the bore of the protector to permit of the withdrawal of the pin therefrom. When again moved to locking position the lip of the latch will travel over the inclined surface provided by the flared outer face of the flange and upon reaching the limit of its longitudinal move ment the said lip will again spring into contacting engagement with. the periphery of the flange and thus hold the pin locked in the protector.

Having described the invention, I claim 1. A hat pin having an annular depres sion adjacent to its pointed end and a protector for the point of the pin, including a socket member in which the said point is received, said socket having its outer end pro vided with a flange and having a transverse opening therethrough inward of the flange a plate slidable through the opening having a key-hole slot therethrough whereby, when the plate is brought to one position the pin may be inserted through'the enlarg-d passage thereof to enter the socket and when brought to another position the walls of the restricted passage in the key-hole slot of the plate will engage the shoulders provided by the annular depression in the pin, and said plate having on one of its ends an inwardly rounded spring lip designed; when the plate is in its last mentioned position to rest on the outer edge of the flange to hold the said plate in pin locking position.

2. In combination with a hat pin having an annular depression adjacent to its pointed end and a protectorfor the point of the pin including a socket member in which the said point is designed to be inserted, said socket having its end provided with a flange whose outer face is flared inwardly, said socket having an opening opposite the flange, a locking plate having a key-hole slot theretln'ough. slidable through the opening, said plate having an end rounded upon itself to provide the same with a spring lip whose end is designed to ride over the flared face of the flange when the plate has been moved to bring the enlarged passage of its key-hole slot in register with the bore of the socket and the end of the said hp designed to be guided over the said flared face of the flange, when moved to bring the walls of the restricted passage of the key-hole slot between the shoulders provided by the depression in the pin, and to be directed by contact with the said flared wall against the outer edge of the flange as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES C. GORDON. 

